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Junction City council backs in‑house city administrator search, delays start by about a month
Summary
Councilors agreed at a March 24 work session to run the city administrator search internally, asking the interim administrator to bring a revised calendar to the April 14 meeting and to begin community outreach and stakeholder interviews; the option to use an outside search firm or an intergovernmental agreement will remain as a backup.
At a March 24 work session, Junction City councilors signaled consensus to run the city administrator recruitment in‑house rather than retain a private search firm.
Interim city administration laid out three options: hire a private search firm (estimated at $20,000–$30,000), enter an intergovernmental agreement with a personnel service, or conduct the search internally. The administrator described a process that would include stakeholder interviews, community surveys, citizen/professional/staff interview panels, virtual semifinal interviews and public and employee receptions for finalists.
"If you do have some names or positions that you want me to do outreach on, some of that I would be able to start even before the next meeting," the administrator said, offering to begin preliminary outreach. Councilors said an internal approach would save money, allow staff involvement and that the city should keep the external options available as a backup.
Council asked the administrator to push the recruitment start back about four weeks to avoid overlapping the budget calendar and to return with a revised timeline at the April 14 meeting. The administrator said he would bring back a revised calendar and continue early outreach to assemble stakeholder panels.
The council discussed prospective stakeholder participants—Chamber leadership, local business owners, social‑service representatives, festival organizers, the fire chief and law enforcement—and encouraged public notice to maximize community input. The council did not take a formal vote during the work session.
